Anti-Stigma

Many of you will be aware that, HVN hosted a free event in April with that aim of bringing together a wide range of people and organisations concerned with the current paradigm of pathologising and labelling human experiences and understandable reactions to trauma and adversity. At the event we promised three things. These were: To collate feedback […]

World Hearing Voices Day celebrates hearing voices as part of the diversity of human experience, increasing awareness of the fact that you can hear voices and be healthy. It challenges the negative attitudes towards people who hear voices and the incorrect assumption that hearing voices, in itself, is a sign of illness. Every year for […]

A Little Insight Voice Collective, a London-wide project supporting children and young people who hear voices, see visions or have other unusual perceptions, have released a brand new animation to challenge stigma. Watch this clip below:

Many famous and noted people have spoken about their voice-hearing experiences in the media. We’ve included a few of these people below. John Frusciante (Guitarist, ex Red Hot Chili Peppers) I had just so many mental problems. It wasn’t until I was 28 that my brain actually felt like a spacious place. When I was […]